The High Point University's women's lacrosse team (8-7) (6-0) heads into the Big South conference tournament after capping off an undefeated regular season with a dominant 17-4 win against Presbyterian. HPU will face Winthrop University on Friday at 5:00 PM in the Big South conference tournament semifinal.
Friday, April 30th- vs Winthrop (High Point, N.C.) 5:00 PM
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Across the Bench
- Winthrop finished the conference season with a 3-3 record securing wins against Presbyterian, Longwood and Gardner-Webb.
- All three of Winthrop's conference wins came in the final three games of the season.
- Bianca Tedesco leads Winthrop in scoring with 19 goals scored and 40 assists.
Panther Notes
Abby Hormes For Tewaaraton
Hormes was named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch list again this season last month. The Tewaaraton is awarded to the top male and female in college lacrosse each season. Hormes has scored the third-most goals in the nation with 65 on the year. She averages 4.33 goals per game which is the seventh-best average in the nation.
Offensive Explosion
The output of 23 goals against Campbell for the Panthers is the fourth most goals in a single game by a High Point team. The team is averaging 14.47 goals per game.
Sister, Sister
At the start of Big South Play against Campbell, Katie Hormes scored the first goals of her Panther career. In six Big South games so far the Hormes sisters combined for 40 goals.
ESPN'S #LaxTop5 High Point Heavy
Jill Rall, Rachel Foster, and Sarah Zeto have been showcased in ESPN's #LaxTop5 which highlights the top five plays in women's lacrosse that week and is shown during the women's lacrosse game of the week on the ESPN networks. Rall's play was shown this week as she assisted an Abby Hormes goal in a clearing effort Foster's shovel goal against Vanderbilt was number one four weeks ago, while Zeto's diving save against Coastal where she made a stop then dove backward and stopped the ball from rolling in was five three weeks ago.
Panthers Nationally Impactful
High Point is fifth in the nation in ground balls this season as the Purple & White average 21.80 per game. The HPU defense is 12th in the nation in caused turnovers with 10.27 per game.
Ms. 200
Abby Hormes picked up her 200th career point against Davidson. She has 83 points on the season.
#GoHPU
